Controlling device for petcocks of automobiles



H- SCHUIVIACHER.

CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR PETCOCKS 0F AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, I920.

Patented June 14, 1921. I

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4 2ZO I AT'TQRNEY H. SCH UMAC'HER. CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR PETCOC KS 0F AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1920.

Patented Jim 14, 1921.

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INVENTO R Arms 5? c o m on, a e o '1'?" ll ll {l m e me, o life l5 HENRY QCHUMAMJHEE, ALMA, MISEEQ'EUHE.

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lFoiizemiteo Junie ME 1921.

lififii'llfi'lli. Specification Letters Patent.

To all, whom e'zi may concern. 6

Be it known em I, HENRY SCHUMAGHER, a citizen of the United States oi America, and residential Alone, in the county of Law feyecte and. locate of l /LlSSOuIl, have invented certain new and useful lmprovemenls in Controlling Devices for Pe'tcocks of Automobiles, of which the following is e specili cation. r .v

This invention relates to oil tesfiing 'mech anism or devices for use on automobiles and particularly for use in connection with of the l oril type as they are new con structed, the cold invention having for its objeci", lhe provision. of means to lest; igloo oil in the crank case which lubricetes the eo.- gine, the Elllfl invention including o loci; for controlling the oil. discharge so om il- Will make it; imrecessery for oil opcraoor to vet clown on the grouml or use pliers to l' or oil A still, further object oi this inwnlion is to produce cclcvice for controlling of crack cases of automobiles oi the liype indicated, the said invention also including means which will enable an occupant of the seat of on automobile to determine whether the cocks are closed or open. Gil/en when traveling through Weeds the (ZOCliS of elie crank case are moved to an open poeiiion and the driver cannot tell hether such movement has taken place Witl'ioul; etog iping; the autoinobile and getting out lo explore under the ouomobile Whereas the device of the invention makes it almost impossible for the cooks to open when driving through Weeds and if they slid open, the clriver would be elole to observe the change of local-ion of the parts which are Within his View eocl would know that the undesirable comlilion had arisen. a

A still further object of this invention is to produce or tube applied to automobiles now in common use, and it is fumhermore an object to procluce e device of this chm eater which will be easily installed coil which will prove comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing anclother objects in View. the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and.

combination. of part-s to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In. describing the invention in detail, reference Wlll lie lied to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification Jo coo-lie" wherein like characters denote corresponcl parts in i318 several views, and in 'WlllCll-- Figure l illustrates a iew in elevation of of ihe locking members; I Fig. 2 illuei-retes e View in elevetiofi of a pliable plcie to be associated with like first mentioned. plaie; Figs. 3 and l illustrate Views in elevation of the locking levere;

I Fig. 5 illustrates a View of the lower end of one of the locking lovers in e position at right angles to that shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 illustrates a View elevation of on eutomobile showing the relation of the coclr operating members to elie locking elerncmbe.

ilieee drawings 7 denotes a plate having o series of apertures 8 for the recepiion of feeteniogs such es bolt-s 9, and lilo said plate hoe relatively large eperiuree 10 and 11 for o purpose to be presently explained,

Ileeociaierl with the plate '3' .l employ o pliable member 1% having eperimree 13 which intended to oline 'wi'eli the opertox-ee 8 endjo receive Elie faeaenings by which the member 12 and the plate are secured. The member l2'l1ee apertures 14 and 15 which oline with the eperlures 10 ll. respectively, one the are smaller end the material around them is yieldelole on account of rho face filial the said member 19; is preferably made oi. leather or some such pliable material. The member 12 and the plate T ere attached o the apron 16 of an mieomobilc preferably several inches above: the running board on the right hand side of the automobile. The member 12 is placed on the apron mad the plate "Z roots thereon, and. the member 12 and the plate 7 are of course clamped lo the epronfloy the fasteninge as heretofore indicated. Y i

The IOiiS l7 and 18 one of which is preferably longer than the other, ore of indelitical conelzruceioto except as to lengzill, and they preferably have ongelerly disposed ends 19 and m bifurcated at the opposite ends es at'20 the bifurceiions preferably embracingiclie outer end of the plug of a pct-cock and being secured thereto by a fastening fill such as a bolt. i

The rods that are connected. to. the petcocks of the crank case extent! to the out slightly smaller than the diameter of the rods'preferahly about .32 of an inch smaller. This relation of parts causes the rods to distort the material of the member 12 and press it into the apertures 10 and 11 between the rods and the edges of the apertures to form a tight joint, an arrangement which prevents motion of the rods with relation to the plates, due to the friction caused by the distorted flexible material, and the rods are thus held out of engage- .ment with each other and will prevent the passage of mud to the outside of the apron.

The construction and arrangement of parts as shown in Fig. 6, and the details of construction of the elements are Well shown dvantages and construction will, it is thought, be apparent to one skilled in the art. c

I claim:

In a controlling device for pet-cockeof automobiles, rods connected to said ,e cocks, said rods having, position indicators thereon, a flexible member anchored to an automobile, said flexible member having apertures through. which the rods extend, said openings being normally smaller than the rods, a plate superimposed. on the flexible member and secured therewith, the said plate having apertures coinciding with the apertures of the flexible member to receive the rods, the said apertures of the plates be ing larger than the apertures of the said flexible member.

HENRY SCHUMAGHER. 

